Quote of the Day-----Goodreads

The world is a story we tell ourselves about the world.
Vikram Chandra
July 23, 1961: Happy birthday, Vikram Chandra! Born in New Delhi but educated in America, the novelist writes about being suspended between cultures. He turns 52 today.


Started reading "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"   very brutal, writing is excellent, set in Iran after the revolution, had to put it down for a bit, so switched to one of my favorites "Inkheart" .

Quote of the Day----Goodreads

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
A.J. Cronin
July 19, 1896: Scottish writer A.J. Cronin was a practicing doctor when he published his first novel, Hatter's Castle. His later work, The Stars Look Down, was an inspiration for the film Billy Elliot. He was born 117 years ago today.

Quote of the Day------Goodreads

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Phyllis Diller
July 17, 1917: Comedian Phyllis Diller's iconic onstage persona of a nutty housewife with a long cigarette holder took her everywhere from USO tours in Vietnam to Broadway. She was born 96 years ago today.

Quote of the Day-----Goodreads

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
Hermann Hesse
July 2, 1877: Nobel Prize-winning German novelist Hermann Hesse's books—particularly Siddhartha and Steppenwolf—helped popularize Eastern philosophy with Western audiences. He was born to missionary parents, 136 years ago today

Quote of the Day----Goodreads

may you kiss
the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back
Lucille Clifton
June 27, 1936: Celebrated poet and children's book writer Lucille Clifton was born in upstate New York, 77 years ago today.


Today would be a good day to read some poetry.

Quote of the Day----Goodreads

I bid the chords sweet music make,
And all must follow in my wake.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
June 26, 1284: So many nursery tales are based in reality; 729 years ago today, a piper may have lured 130 children from the village of Hamelin, giving rise to the Pied Piper story. It later inspired a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The earth was overwhelmed with beauty and indifferent to it, and I went with a heart ready to crack for its unbearable loveliness.
Josephine Winslow Johnson
June 20, 1910: Poet and novelist Josephine Winslow Johnson made a literary splash by winning the Pulitzer for her first novel, Now in November, published when she was just 24. She was born in Kirkwood, Missouri, 103 years ago today.